Motorola Play

Motorola Play

Smartphones have moved into a rather comfortable space. Their dimensions, thickness and amount of buttons have fallen into a familiar territory so that we can switch brands without struggling to adapt.

But what if we completely rearranged the way a smartphone worked? That was one of the goals of designer Kirill Krymov’s Motorola Play. The phone, part of a design project Krymov worked on alongside Motorola’s South Korean division, was trying to become something, well, a bit different.

Buttons are completely shed in favor of touchscreen options only. Thanks to an inbuilt multi-touch and gesture recognition software, there’s no need for them. Of course, there are staples, such as a seven-megapixel camera on the back, but this has been cleverly concealed via two panels that double up as controllers of the camera.

Charging has been, thankfully, completely overhauled. Users of the Motorola Play would simply place the phone onto an ergonomically designed panel that will charge the device without wires.

At the moment, it’s just a concept, but, could we be seeing an overhaul of the smartphone in the near future? We hope so.

Pictured here: The Play comes in a slender, super-widescreen format when placed on its side.